Livingston Jazz Fest features talents of Jeff Hamilton, other guest artists
The Livingston Jazz Festival has been announced for Thursday to Saturday, November 7th–9th with performances and educational activities unfolding throughout the weekend.
The event focuses on a strong combination of performance, education, and improvisation within the jazz language. Throughout the day, there will be performances, clinics and master classes with the Festival’s guest artists.
This year will feature the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble from UCLA, Southwest Montana’s own Ridgeway Collective and Park High School Jazz Ensemble, and an unforgettable show by the Jeff Hamilton Trio at 7pm on Saturday night. An after party at the Murray featuring live music by John Roberts y Pan Blanco will follow Hamilton’s festival-closing performance, free of charge.
One of a kind, the Livingston Jazz Festival brings internationally recognized artists, jazz lovers, and lifelong learners together. Each year, over 500 participants enjoy featured artist concerts, after-hours jam sessions, daytime performances, and many educational workshops.
With all of this talent in one place, Festival coordinators offer local schools the opportunity to work with the guest artists. Free of charge, college, high school and middle school jazz bands are encouraged to perform for the guest clinicians, receiving feedback in a nurturing, non-competitive environment.
Tickets to the Jeff Hamilton show, to be held at Livingston’s Holbrook United Methodist Church, are $18 and available for advance purchase at www.eventbrite.com. To learn more about the festival or to find a complete schedule of events and further details, please visit www.livjazzfest.org. •